Using CreateFile and WriteFile from win32 api: [DllImport( " kernel32.dll " )] private static extern int CreateFile( string lpFileName, uint dwDesiredAccess, int dwShareMode, int lpSecurityAttributes, int dwCreationDisposition, int dwFlags
Using CreateFile and WriteFile from win32 api:
[DllImport(<span>"</span><span>kernel32.dll </span><span>"</span><span>)] </span><span>private</span> <span>static</span> <span>extern</span> <span>int</span><span> CreateFile( </span><span>string</span><span> lpFileName, </span><span>uint</span><span> dwDesiredAccess, </span><span>int</span><span> dwShareMode, </span><span>int</span><span> lpSecurityAttributes, </span><span>int</span><span> dwCreationDisposition, </span><span>int</span><span> dwFlagsAndAttributes, </span><span>int</span><span> hTemplateFile); [DllImport(</span><span>"</span><span>kernel32.dll </span><span>"</span><span>)] privatestaticextern </span><span>bool</span><span> WriteFile( </span><span>int</span><span> hFile, </span><span>byte</span><span>[] lpBuffer, </span><span>int</span><span> nNumberOfBytesToWrite, </span><span>ref</span> <span>int</span><span> lpNumberOfBytesWritten, </span><span>ref</span><span> OVERLAPPED lpOverlapped ); iHandle </span>=CreateFile(<span>"</span><span>lpt1 </span><span>"</span>,<span>0x40000000</span>,<span>0</span>,<span>0</span>,<span>3</span>,<span>0</span>,<span>0</span>);<br><br><span>byte</span>[] mybyte =<span>System.Text.Encoding.Default.GetBytes(Mystring); </span><span>bool</span> b =WriteFile(iHandle, mybyte, mybyte.Length,<span>ref</span> i,<span>ref</span> x);
It can transport barcode command and print barcode well, but it can not read the status from the parallel port.